Legal Opinion
Fraser v. Crounse
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 12, 1947No. 546PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
This case is here for the second time. On a former appeal we reversed a judgment for $2,350 in favor of plaintiff for the value of legal services rendered by him for defendant in a condemnation case in Virginia.1 On the retrial plaintiff obtained judgment for $1,800 and defendant has again appealed.
The former judgment was reversed by us because of failure of the trial court to instruct the jury that a lawyer may not represent adverse interests or undertake to discharge conflicting duties. Reference is made to our previous opinion for the general outline of the evidence…
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- Clark v. EllsworthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
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